Folding dress-pillow



(No Model.)

H. S. STERNBERGER.:

FOLDING DRESS PILLOW. No. 319,840. Patented June 2, 1885.

"iXZ'I INEESES IN VENTQR UNrTnn STATES PATENT Trice.

HERMAN S. STERNBERGER, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

FOLDING DRESS-PILLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,340, dated June 2, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN S. STERNBER- GER, of Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Dress lillows, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, with the upper side partly broken away, of my improved folding dresspillow; Fig. 2, a perspective View of the framework; Fig. 3, a perspective viewof the device when closed up; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the axial piece and one of the rib-sections, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of a modification of the axial piece as shown in Fig. 4c.

The present invention relates to an improvement in folding drcss,-pillows, consisting of the central axial piece having a series of semicircular ribs covered with any suitable mate rial, and so disposed that, when opened, two of the said ribs may be somewhat parallel and secured together by means of clips, while the other ribs may be at right angles with each other, and to the first ones, thus forming a rectangular-shaped pillow, while at the same time by loosening the clips and securing the parallel ribs together they may be moved around to one side of the axial piece, and thus fold up the device, all of which will now be fully set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a cylindrical piece having openings B centrally at each end, and outwardly, near the periphery, a series of smaller openings, 0, preferably five in number. I next provide a semi-elliptical piece of wire, D, having the ends E turned inwardly, forming hooks, and placed within the openings 0 at opposite ends of the cylindrical piece A, as shown in Fig. 4.

A modification of the cylindrical piece Ais shown in Fig. 5, in which I place the hooks F within the central opening, B. Radiating outwardly from this axial piece A, I provide semielliptical ribs, and preferably five in number. Two of these ribs, G and H, I design to be somewhat parallel, forming a pair, while the other three radiate singly at right angles to each other of the pair G II. From these ribs I stretch canvas or other suitable material, J, as shown in Fig. 1.

Outwardly upon one of the pair of ribs, G, I provide a wire hook or catch, K, so that when the device is opened up and the canvas stretched, as shown in Fig. 1, the ribs G and I'I'will be nearly parallel to each other and close together, and be held in that position by means of said catch K. I desire to provide a pair of these catches K on opposite sides of the said ribs, so as to hold them securely together.

When it is desired to fold up the device, the catches K are released, and the ribs G and H turned from each other around the axial piece A and brought close together oppositely, thus placing it ina small compass, as shown in Fig. 3. WVhen it is desired for use, the ribs are again turned back, so as to radiate outwardly from the center, and the ribs Gand Hseoured in position by means of catches K.

I do not claim a central piece having arms pivotally hooked thereto, as shown in my application for Letters Patent No. 159,754.

What I claim is 1. In a folding pillow, a series of radiating hinged ribs, two of them brought close together and so disposed as to swing around and thus fold up the device, in combination with a catch, K, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a folding pillow, a cylindrical piece having centrally at the ends circular openings, and outwardly, near the periphery, a series of openings to receive therein a hook, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a folding pillow, aseries of semielliptical ribs,-with the ends bent inwardly and resting within openings in the heads of the cylindrical piece, in combination with the cylindrical piece, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of November, 1884, in the presence of witnesses.

HERMAN S. STERNBERGER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM Monnow, ALLEN L. MARSHALL. 

